Bradley Wayne Williams, 23, pretended to be a customer at several convenience stores and fast-food restaurants and grabbed cash when clerks opened registers, according to police.

Witnesses saw him drive from a 7:15 p.m. robbery at an eastside fast-food joint, and officers hours later found his car parked near the Travelodge motel on North Milledge Avenue, where they arrested Williams in a room he was renting, police said.

Local police charged Williams with two counts of robbery, for taking an undisclosed amount of money from Krystal, 4005 Lexington Road, and Golden Pantry, 1880 W. Broad St., and one count of criminal attempt to commit robbery for trying to steal cash from a another Golden Pantry, at the corner of West Broad Street and North Milledge Avenue, police said.

Williams is a suspect in two similar robberies in Oglethorpe and Madison counties, also on Monday night.

Police suspect Williams committed the first robbery in Crawford and made his way west on U.S. Highway 78 into Clarke County, robbing more stores along the way.

Witnesses also saw Williams at a convenience store in Hull Monday night, but investigators believe a crowd of customers deterred him from trying to rob the store, police said.